Security analysts have offered an array of explanations for Russia’s cyber limitations. They range from upgrades to Ukraine’s defenses to changes in the Kremlin’s tactics.

There are multiple cities and regions across Europe where a cybersecurity professional can locate — or relocate — to nurture a flourishing career in this rapidly growing sector.

Psychologists who research obedience to authority know we are more likely to respond to requests from people higher up in our social and professional hierarchies. And fraudsters know it too.

Microsoft has open-sourced a massive list of threat indicators to help organizations detect COVID-19 themed attacks.

In a research paper, the authors describe a virtual social network populated by bots, which “simulate real-user interactions on the real platform infrastructure, isolated from production users.

One common attack vector hackers used to infect users’ systems was via fake coronavirus tracking dashboards designed to spread malware.

According to the latest research by security firm Checkpoint, hackers are using “COVID-19” code to sell malware and exploitation tools on the dark web.

A decades-long focus on server-side security has resulted in most everything that happens on the client-side going widely unnoticed.